culture
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NYPD Chief Urges Cops Not to Turn Backs on Mayor at Funeral
At Saturday’s wake for the second of two New York City police officers killed in a surprise attack last month by a lone gunman, Police Commissioner William Bratton is urging officers to refrain from making political statements aimed at the mayor, the Associated Press reports. “A hero’s funeral is about grieving, not grievance,” Bratton says…
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Ariz. School District Accused of Violating Ethnic-Studies Ban
Citing a ban on ethnic studies, the head of Arizona public schools says the Tucson Unified School District is violating state law and risks losing funding because it offers courses with an emphasis on ethnic issues, the Associated Press reports. Superintendent John Huppenthal announced Friday that he would seek sanctions against the district if it…
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Get THINspired This New Year and Stick to Your Weight-Loss Goals
It’s a new year, and once again you resolutely put improved fitness and health down as one of your goals—never mind the countless jokes and memes that poke fun at individuals who join a gym on Jan. 1, and point out that by Jan. 31, the facilities are as empty as can be. This time,…
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Ala. Grandmother’s Home Spray-Painted: ‘Move N–ger Now’
As Terry Turner prepared to bring in 2015 with her granddaughter, festivities took a frightening turn as vandals threw rocks at the front of her house in Limestone County, Ala., WHNT 19 reports. According to the news station, three windows at the front of the house were broken in, causing the grandmother, terrified that someone was in…
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Texas Server Fired After Using N-Word on Receipt to Label Diners
One group of friends in Pantego, Texas, closed out their year in shock after discovering that their server had labeled each of their receipts with the word “nigga,” CBS DFW reports. The group from North Texas wanted to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Shatila, a Lebanese restaurant, and had a good time, but when it…
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New Orleans Woman Loses Husband and Son to Gun Violence Nearly 10 Years After Youngest Son Was Shot to Death
The unimaginable happened to 65-year-old Leslie Lange just 12 hours into the new year, and nearly 10 years after she lost her youngest son to gun violence in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. According to the Times-Picayune, around noon on New Year’s Day, a “hail of gunfire” claimed the lives of “her husband and last…
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The NYPD Slowdown Is Proving That ‘Broken Windows’ Is a Failure. Isn’t It Time to Drop It?
As the New York City Police Department continues its standoff with Mayor Bill de Blasio over his perceived lack of support, the conversation caused by the police slowdown is providing strong ammunition for critics of overly aggressive law-enforcement tactics within urban communities. At this point, there has been no significant impact to public safety because…
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John Crawford’s Girlfriend Killed in Car Crash
The girlfriend of John Crawford III, who was fatally shot by police in a Beavercreek, Ohio, Wal-Mart store, was killed in a car crash Thursday, according to ABC 22 Now. The news station reports that Tasha Thomas, 26, of Fairborn, Ohio, and 30-year-old Frederick Bailey of Dayton, Ohio, both died in the crash around 3…
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Watch: Man Arrested for Wearing 2-Finger Ring
In November, New York City-based fashion photographer Andre Perry was in the subway on his way to his SoHo office from his Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, home when a plainclothes officer stopped him at the Union Square station because of his fashion accessory. “Do you know you can hurt someone with this?” the officer, Jonathan Correa, asked…
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CEO of Revlon Believes He Can ‘Smell’ Blacks When They Walk Into a Room, Lawsuit Claims
Revlon isn’t having the best start to the new year, with an explosive lawsuit launched against the company claiming that CEO Lorenzo Delpani made several derogatory comments and believes that he can “smell” black people when they enter a room. But the allegations don’t stop there: Delpani, who is Italian, also reportedly hates “small-minded” and…